Construction Begins on 'Avatar' Land at Disney's Animal Kingdom (VIDEO)

Disney Parks announced that it broke ground on a new "Avatar"-inspired land at its Animal Kingdom park today. If all goes as planned, the new themed land should open in 2017, between the releases of "Avatar 2" and "Avatar 3."

Disney teamed up with Director James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment to create an area of the park that will transport guests into Pandora, where they can "explore a rich natural environment with mountains that float and interactive plants that glow at night."

Watch a video of the groundbreaking ceremony below and check out the concept art for "Avatar" Land.

James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi epic blew audiences away with its visual effects, making us all 3D devotees. Normally, a film’s technological achievements aren’t a good enough excuse for its lack of weak storytelling, but it didn’t seem to matter for “Avatar.” Cameron’s dazzling Pandora showed us electric hues of blue we didn’t think our eyes had seen before and used motion-capture to create some of the best CGI characters in cinema history. Watching “Avatar” on the big screen in 3D was an undoubtedly memorable experience for every moviegoer.